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Pilgrimage to El Rocio

Pilgrims cross the Quema river on their way to the shrine of El Rocio in Villamanrique, Spain, Thursday June 9, 2011, during the annual pilgrimage in which hundreds of thousands of devotees of the Virgin del Rocio converge in and around the shrine.

Miguel MorenattiAssociated Press

Pilgrims make their way to the shrine of El Rocio during the annual pilgrimage in which hundreds of thousands of devotees of the Virgin del Rocio converge in and around the shrine, in Villamanrique, Spain, Thursday, June 9, 2011.

Pilgrims on their way to the shrine of El Rocio in Villamanrique, Spain, Thursday June 9, 2011, during the annual pilgrimage in which hundreds of thousands of devotees of the Virgin del Rocio converge in and around the shrine.

Pilgrims on their way to the shrine of El Rocio in Villamanrique, Spain, Thursday June 9, 2011, during the annual pilgrimage in which hundreds of thousands of devotees of the Virgin del Rocio converge in and around the shrine.

Pilgrims cross the Quema river on their way to the shrine of El Rocio in Villamanrique, Spain, Thursday June 9, 2011, during the annual pilgrimage in which some hundreds of thousands of devotees of the Virgin del Rocio converge in and around the shrine.

Pilgrims on their way to the shrine of El Rocio in Villamanrique, Spain Thursday June 9, 2011, during the annual pilgrimage in which hundreds of thousands of devotees of the Virgin del Rocio converge in and around the shrine.

Pilgrims cross the Quema river on their way to the shrine of El Rocio in Villamanrique, Spain Thursday June 9, 2011, during the annual pilgrimage in which hundreds of thousands of devotees of the Virgin del Rocio converge in and around the shrine.

Pilgrims cross the Quema river on their way to the shrine of El Rocio in Villamanrique, Spain, Thursday June 9, 2011, during the annual pilgrimage in which hundreds of thousands of devotees of the Virgin del Rocio converge in and around the shrine.